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Today, his work at TollBit focuses on infrastructure used by approximately 9,500 publishers to monitor, manage and monetise AI systems using their content.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><b>Bot Traffic Trends in Croatia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Birger will reveal what bot traffic data tells us and explore a question that will become increasingly important for publishers:<\/span><b> how can this new type of AI visitor be turned into a monetisation opportunity?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Katarina Exle, Client Service Director &amp; Head of Digital @ Cvoke<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, has more than ten years of agency experience, working on campaigns for brands including Nestl\u00e9, IKEA, Molson Coors and Kaufland. 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